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Sources: NBCUniversal close to investing $250M in BuzzFeed at a $1.5B valuation, also investing in Vox Media at a $850M valuation — NBCUniversal Poised to Make Big Investments in BuzzFeed and Vox Media — NBCUniversal is close to a deal to invest $250 million in BuzzFeed …
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Windows 10 Solitaire requires a subscription to remove ads — Windows 10—which is out now, by the way—comes, as it used to in the pre-Win8 days, with Solitaire preinstalled. The Microsoft Solitaire Collection, in fact, which bundles the classic Klondike with other familiar variants …
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Samsung Q2 profit down 8% YoY, fifth straight quarterly profit drop as Galaxy S6 falls short of market expectations — Samsung Profits Hurt By Smartphone Price Declines — Cheaper smartphone models from China and India could fuel further price cuts — SEOUL- Samsung Electronics Co … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Caller ID app Truecaller looking to raise around $100M at a $1B valuation — Caller ID App Truecaller Is Raising $100M At A $1B Valuation — Communications apps that strike a chord with users across different markets are hot property these days, and it looks like another … | Leena Rao / Fortune: |
Uber to lease cars directly to UberX drivers with Xchange Leasing pilot program, which includes unlimited mileage and limited early termination fees — Uber now offers its own car leases to UberX drivers — As Uber continues to evolve beyond just dominating on-demand rides … | Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Study: Shutdown of Google News and other aggregators in Spain hurt news sites' traffic and ad revenue, particularly for new and smaller publishers — Study Of Spain's ‘Google Tax’ On News Shows How Much Damage It Has Done — As you may recall, governments across Europe …
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GitHub raises $250M Series B at a $2B valuation, led by Sequoia Capital — GitHub Raises $250 Million at $2 Billion Valuation — Capital raise puts company's total funding at $350 million — Software is transforming industries from agriculture to automobiles.| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
T-Mobile beats estimates in Q2 with profit of $361M, revenue of $8.2B, and strong subscriber growth — T-Mobile blows away profit expectations as customer growth surges — The carrier continues its torrid pace of customer growth amid stiff competition in the wireless business.| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
An inside look at Zazzle, which expects $250M+ revenue and a gross margin of 45% this year, larger than Amazon's recent 35% gross margin — The anti-Amazon that's making money: Zazzle — Amazon.com became the world's most valuable retailer by selling everything imaginable at virtually no profit.
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Sony Posts $780M Profit On Strong PlayStation And Sensor Businesses — Sony today reported a $780 million operating profit for Q1 2015, up 39 percent annually, as the company's camera sensor business and PlayStation 4 arm pushed it past analyst expectations.
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Groupon launches Groupon To Go food delivery service, available in Chicago, expanding to other metro regions in US throughout the year — Groupon Launches Its Own Food Delivery Business, Groupon To Go — Following its acquisition of food delivery service OrderUp earlier this month …
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Yelp stock drops 28% following grim earnings; company cites rising talent costs amid competition with “unicorns” — Yelp Admits the Unicorn Bubble Is Hurting Its Profits — Yelp debuted “surprise losses” on its earnings yesterday, causing its stock to plummet 28 percent by the next day.| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Hammertoss: Russian hackers target the cloud, Twitter, GitHub in malware spread — FireEye says a new virulent strain of malware buries itself in network traffic to avoid detection. — The newly-discovered Hammertoss malware strain uses network traffic noise from sources including Twitter …
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Google asks French data protection authority CNIL to withdraw its order forcing right to be forgotten delistings to be applied globally — Google challenges global ‘right to be forgotten’ order — Don't make us apply European laws around the world, Google pleads.| Financial Times: |
Facebook mobile ads accounted for $2.9B in revenue, roughly 72% of total Q2 sales — Mobile advertising propels Facebook revenues — Facebook revenues soared by nearly two-fifths in the three months to June as advertisers increasingly turned to the social networking group's mobile applications to reach consumers.
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